曲线救国 in English qu1 xian4 jiu4 guo2 Meaning

Meanings

  • (of somebody who ostensibly collaborated with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945) to secretly work for the Nationalists or against the Communists

Simplified Characters

曲 线 救 国

Traditional Characters

曲 線 救 國

Pinyin

qu1 xian4 jiu4 guo2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

曲qu1surname Qu 线xian4variant of 線|线[xian4] 救jiu4variant of 救[jiu4] 国guo2surname Guo